Using YouTube for Posterity

By

Jessica E. Vascellaro

Updated May 10, 2007 12:01 a.m. ET

When Paul Gordon wanted to show off the piano he built, he turned to one of the Web's hottest performance venues: YouTube. But at 92 years old, Mr. Gordon was housebound and didn't own a video camera. So he asked for help from an acquaintance who brought meals to his house.

Now an eight-minute clip of Mr. Gordon playing jazz on the piano has been viewed on the video site more than a thousand times. "I figured I would like to...